Latista Introduces iPad2 Software

Reston, VA (PRWEB) June 03, 2011

LATISTA Inc. (http://www.latista.com) —the market leader in comprehensive construction quality management and turn-over software solutions for owners and contractors—announces the availability of its new app for the Apple iPadR. The app complements LATISTA’s enterprise-scale web and mobile solution used by thousands of building and engineering professionals around the world. The new offering represents an industry first, making LATISTA the only company offering a variety of hardware clients in the field attached to the same back-office enterprise web solution.

The market for tablet computers is forecasted to grow from $16B in 2010 to $46B in 2014 according to Dmitriy Molchnow, an analyst at Yankee Group*. The iPad app gives LATISTA customers options in mobile platforms and sits alongside LATISTA’s award winning Windows tablet PC-based application within its enterprise framework. LATISTA for iPad includes the ability to access and mark up documents in the field in addition to working with punch list, QA/QC and safety, reporting and production modules that field based personnel—such as inspectors of record, project managers, or project engineers—from contractors, owners and third parties need to be successful.

The option of accessing and inputting information on both iPad or Windows devices and supporting them through the same back-office web solution balances the needs of corporate IT departments and field personnel. LATISTA’s first non-Windows offering allows the same back-office web solution to support multiple field platforms without compromising on scale, security, or ease of use. One defined use case consists of transitioning building information model (BIM) data from the office to the field and back, facilitating decision making around risk, productivity and cost management.

Martha Walz, editor-in-chief of Mobile Enterprise, highlights construction as one sector that will see major enterprise mobility uptake**. In order to drive enterprise solutions into the field, LATISTA seamlessly supports custom QA/QC, safety, and commissioning forms on Apple iPad and Windows devices in a web-based environment. Furthermore LATISTA for iPad takes full advantage of the camera functionality. Images taken with the built-in camera can be used across all relevant modules, where annotations, time and location stamping, bar-coding, sign-off and more are included. The efficacy of the LATISTA solution is guaranteed via its unique synchronization capability that gives office personnel an analytical view of the jobsite.

Chris Ramsey, EVP, LATISTA says: “With our philosophy of providing easy-to-use enterprise solutions to our customers and users, and as the leader in company-wide quality management and turn-over software for large projects, it made sense to become the first provider to offer more than one mobile platform tied to the same award-winning LATISTA back-office web enterprise solution.”

** http://mobileenterprise.edgl.com/top-stories/the-tablet-(r)evolution71035
About LATISTA Technologies
LATISTAR (http://www.latista.com) reduces the cost of facilities construction, startup and maintenance by implementing the industry’s most comprehensive mobile construction management and turn over software solution. LATISTA’s customers attest that LATISTA’s solution produced higher quality facilities that started up sooner and experienced lower operating cost.

Contact:
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Email: akirstetter(at)latista(dot)com

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China jails three for stealing iPad design

15-Jun-11, 8:21 PM | Agence France-Presse BEIJING - A court in south China has jailed three people for stealing the design to Apple's iPad2 tablet computer and using it to manufacture counterfeits, state press said Wednesday.

The theft from a plant run by Foxconn, a contract electronics manufacturer, in Guangdong province late last year resulted in fake iPad2s being sold in China before Apple's official launch of the product, the Guangzhou Daily said.

Rampant piracy of everything from consumer electronics to luxury handbags and apparel have caused friction between China and its trade partners, leading to billions of dollars in losses annually to intellectual property theft.

A court in Shenzhen city last week sentenced Xiao Chengsong, the legal agent of Maita Electronics, to 18 months in prison and fined him 150,000 yuan ($23,000) for buying the design from two Foxconn workers, the report said.

Xiao allegedly paid 200,000 yuan for the iPad2 design, it said.

Foxconn employee Lin Kecheng, was sentenced to 14 months and fined 100,000 yuan, while another worker identified as Hou Pengna was given a two-year sentence suspended for one year and fined 30,000 yuan, it said.

All three were convicted of the crime of violating commercial secrets, it said.

The iPad2 was officially launched in China, the world's biggest Internet market in May.

In 2010, Apple's iPad, the first generation of the tablet computer, was also pirated before its official launch in China and sold as the "iPed" for only a fraction of the cost of the real product.

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Apple confirms Verizon iPad2 technical glitch leaving customers fuming

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 7:56 PM on 13th June 2011

New and improved? Some of Apple's iPad 2s using the Verizon network have been hit by technical glitches

Apple has recalled a number of iPad2 tablets that are designed to run on Verizon's network due to connectivity issues, the company confirmed today.

Each device is hardcoded with a unique MEID code - which stands for mobile equipment identifier.

This works like a serial number for accessing the wireless network service.

The code is sent out to the carrier, which then allows the tablet on to the network.

However, Apple said some iPad2 devices destined for the Verizon carrier were given the same MEID code, which meant one of them would not be able to go online.

'Duplicate MEID codes were flashed onto an extremely small number of iPad units for the Verizon 3G network,' an Apple spokeswoman said.

She refused to say how many were affected by the issue but said that the devices would be replaced.

Verizon have declined to comment.

MEID, which stands for mobile equipment identifier, is a unique number that is used to identify a mobile device when it connects to the network. Two devices cannot have the same MEIDcode.

Rumours of a problem first arose last week, with reports that Apple was intercepting the tablet computers shipped from China by FedEx.

However, it appears the message was not passed on to Apple's customer services team, leaving customers fuming.

A user called HLS77 told the official Apple Forum: 'ipad2 makes it all they way from CHINA to within 40 miles of our house and they are returning it to the sender!!

'I called Fedex and they said it was an Apple request. Apple says it's a fedex problem - and I quote "why would we ask to return your ipad that you have been waiting for?"'

Apple employees have been scanning the serial codes on newly delivered devices? to see if they carry the problematic codes.

One employee in a U.S store told 9to5mac.com said he sent back over one hundred devices.

It is not the first time that the iPad2 has been hit by a technical glitch.

Apple revealed in April that some Verizon iPad 2 users were having to restart their iPad each time they disconnected from their 3G network.

They said this was because the AT&T iPad and Verizon iPad used different chipsets. The issue was later fixed through a software update.

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Three in China convicted for iPad2 design theft

BEIJING (AFP) – A court in south China has jailed three people for stealing the design to Apple's iPad2 tablet computer and using it to manufacture counterfeits, state press said Wednesday.

The theft from a plant run by Foxconn, a contract electronics manufacturer, in Guangdong province late last year resulted in fake iPad2s being sold in China before Apple's official launch of the product, the Guangzhou Daily said.

Rampant piracy of everything from consumer electronics to luxury handbags and apparel have caused friction between China and its trade partners, leading to billions of dollars in losses annually to intellectual property theft.

A court in Shenzhen city last week sentenced Xiao Chengsong, the legal agent of Maita Electronics, to 18 months in prison and fined him 150,000 yuan ($23,000) for buying the design from two Foxconn workers, the report said.

Xiao allegedly paid 200,000 yuan for the iPad2 design, it said.

Foxconn employee Lin Kecheng, was sentenced to 14 months and fined 100,000 yuan, while another worker identified as Hou Pengna was given a two-year sentence suspended for one year and fined 30,000 yuan, it said.

All three were convicted of the crime of violating commercial secrets, it said.

The iPad2 was officially launched in China, the world's biggest Internet market, in May.

In 2010, Apple's iPad, the first generation of the tablet computer, was also pirated before its official launch in China and sold as the "iPed" for only a fraction of the cost of the real product.

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Grabagold : Have You Won Anything Yet?

Tried spinning the Grabagold wheel again earlier.

I started with more than 3,100 Gold --

With 100 Gold per spin, that's 31 spins

Used 'em all up.

So with that many spins, did I actually win anything? Nah, no gadgets. No iPad2. No load. But I got the following:

Jun 17, 2011 Locked Prize iPod Nano 16GB
Jun 17, 2011 +20 Gold
Jun 17, 2011 +50 Gold
Jun 17, 2011 +40 Gold
Jun 17, 2011 Locked Prize HTC Incredible S
Jun 17, 2011 Locked Prize Samsung Galaxy S II
Jun 17, 2011 Locked Prize Nintendo Wii
Jun 17, 2011 +80 Gold
Jun 17, 2011 +30 Gold
Jun 17, 2011 +50 Gold
Jun 17, 2011 Locked Prize Xbox 360 Console + Kinect
Jun 17, 2011 Locked Prize Nintendo Wii
Jun 17, 2011 +60 Gold
Jun 17, 2011 Locked Prize Samsung LED TV UA-32C4000
Jun 17, 2011 Locked Prize iPad2 Wi-Fi 64GB
Jun 17, 2011 Locked Prize Samsung Home Theatre System HT-C453
Jun 17, 2011 Locked Prize Xbox 360 Console + Kinect
Jun 17, 2011 Locked Prize Xbox 360 Console + Kinect
Jun 17, 2011 Locked Prize HTC Incredible S
Jun 17, 2011 Locked Prize Sony Playstation 3 (320GB)
Jun 17, 2011 Locked Prize iPad2 Wi-Fi 32GB
Jun 17, 2011 Locked Prize Samsung Galaxy Tab
Jun 17, 2011 +40 Gold
Jun 17, 2011 Locked Prize Samsung LED TV UA-40C5000
Jun 17, 2011 Locked Prize iPod Touch 8GB
Jun 17, 2011 +40 Gold
Jun 17, 2011 Locked Prize iPad2 Wi-Fi 64GB
Jun 17, 2011 Locked Prize Blackberry 9780
Jun 17, 2011 Locked Prize iPad2 Wi-Fi 64GB
Jun 17, 2011 Locked Prize Nintendo Wii
Jun 17, 2011 +70 Gold
Jun 17, 2011 Locked Prize iPod Classic 160GB
Jun 17, 2011 Locked Prize iPod Nano 8GB
Jun 17, 2011 Locked Prize Samsung Galaxy Tab
Jun 17, 2011 Locked Prize iPod Touch 8GB
Jun 17, 2011 +50 Gold
Jun 17, 2011 +50 Gold

No Grabagold luck yet, for me. But how about you? Have you won any gadget from this promo?

Globe subscriber? Try out Grabagold HERE.

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Local Students get iPad2 Computers for Class

Some students just found out they're getting new technology to help out in the classroom.

Staff at one Pittsford school?broke the news today, and it turns out the kids are very excited about the new gadgets.

This school has been up and running for more than 100 years but make no mistake, students at Allendale-Columbia are on the cutting edge of technology.

Today, staff made a lunch time announcement that will affect close to 100 middle school students.

They will get new iPad2's, without an increase to their tuition. Donations made their purchase possible.

Seventh-grader Nick Peckham said "I'm feeling really, very excited because everybody, we've all been talking about it at school. It's been a rumor thats going around."

The students will now be able to have immediate access to the internet to research problems on their own, give presentations and expand their creativity.

Tony Tepedino is the school's Educational Technological Coordinator. He said "Giving them tools that they really want to use to keep them engaged so that they're excited about learning, versus 'It's the same old thing, I'm gonna open to page 22'. Kind of taking that to a level, an engagement level that they're excited about."

The school's Interim Headmaster says the entire Rochester community will benefit from his student's creativity down the road.

David Blanchard said "They're gonna be able to contribute to the community both in the workplace and in service and in non-profits. And now they'll have all the tools that they need to do that."

Having the iPad 2's will do more than just help the students in the classroom.

The school believes they will also help the environment by saving the paper needed for books, and also teach them some responsibility.

Last year, Allendale-Columbia's nursery school students began using first generation iPads, to help them become more familiar with technology.

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China jails 3 for iPad knockoffs

A court in south China has jailed three people for stealing the design to Apple's iPad2 tablet computer and using it to manufacture counterfeits, state press said Wednesday.

A man navigates through the new iPad2 during its launch in the Philippines at an Apple store in Manila on April 29, 2011. A court in south China has jailed three people for stealing the design to Apple's iPad2 tablet computer and using it to manufacture counterfeits, state press said Wednesday.

The theft from a plant run by Foxconn, a contract electronics manufacturer, in Guangdong province late last year resulted in fake iPad2s being sold in China before Apple's official launch of the product, the Guangzhou Daily said.

Rampant piracy of everything from consumer electronics to luxury handbags and apparel have caused friction between China and its trade partners, leading to billions of dollars in losses annually to intellectual property theft.

A court in Shenzhen city last week sentenced Xiao Chengsong, the legal agent of Maita Electronics, to 18 months in prison and fined him 150,000 yuan ($23,000) for buying the design from two Foxconn workers, the report said.

Xiao allegedly paid 200,000 yuan for the iPad2 design, it said.

Foxconn employee Lin Kecheng, was sentenced to 14 months and fined 100,000 yuan, while another worker identified as Hou Pengna was given a two-year sentence suspended for one year and fined 30,000 yuan, it said.

All three were convicted of the crime of violating commercial secrets, it said.

The iPad2 was officially launched in China, the world's biggest Internet market, in May.

In 2010, Apple's iPad, the first generation of the tablet computer, was also pirated before its official launch in China and sold as the "iPed" for only a fraction of the cost of the real product.

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China jails three for stealing iPad2 information

SHANGHAI - A Chinese court has sentenced three people to prison for stealing commercial secrets regarding Apple Inc’s iPad2 from a main supplier in Taiwan.

The Shenzhen Bao’an People Court said that the head of a Chinese electronics-accessories maker paid a former employee and a then-active worker at Hon Hai Precision Industry for information months ahead of the release in order to produce protective cases for the iPad2.

The three were fined and sentenced to prison terms on Tuesday ranging from 12 to 18 months for stealing commercial secrets valued at about 2 million yuan ($378,000), the court said via Sina’s Weibo, a Twitter-like microblogging service in China.

A Hon Hai spokesman said the company respected the ruling of the court and had no further comment.

Hon Hai, a unit of Foxconn Technology Group, makes the iPad2 and other gadgets for Apple in its factories in mainland China.

The court said that Xiao Chengsong, general manager of Shenzhen MacTop Electronics Co, in July, 2010, bribed former Hon Hai employee Hou Pengna for information about iPad2.

Hou then paid Lin Kecheng, a Hon Hai research-and-development employee, to get digital images of the device’s back cover last September, half a year before the iPad2 was officially released.

Xiao was sentenced to 18 months in prison, and fined 150,000 yuan. Lin was sentenced to 14 months and fined 100,000 yuan while Hou was sentenced to a year in prison and fined 30,000 yuan, according to the court.

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China jails three for stealing iPad2 info

SHANGHAI, CHINA: A Chinese court has sentenced three people to prison for stealing commercial secrets regarding Apple Inc's iPad2 from a main supplier in Taiwan.

The Shenzhen Bao'an People Court said that the head of a Chinese electronics-accessories maker paid a former employee and a then-active worker at Hon Hai Precision Industry for information months ahead of the release in order to produce protective cases for the iPad2.

The three were fined and sentenced to prison terms on Tuesday ranging from 12 to 18 months for stealing commercial secretes valued at about 2 million yuan ($308,000), the court said via Sina's Weibo, a Twitter-like microblogging service in China.

A Hon Hai spokesman said the company respected the ruling of the court and had no further comment.

Hon Hai, a unit of Foxconn Technology Group, makes the iPad2 and other gadgets for Apple in its factories in mainland China.

The court said that Xiao Chengsong, general manager of Shenzhen MacTop Electronics Co, in July, 2010, bribed former Hon Hai employee Hou Pengna for information about iPad2.

Hou then paid Lin Kecheng, a Hon Hai research-and-development employee, to get digital images of the device's back cover last September, half a year before the iPad2 was officially released.

Xiao was sentenced to 18 months in prison, and fined 150,000 yuan ($23,142). Lin was sentenced to 14 months and fined 100,000 yuan while Hou was sentenced to a year in prison and fined 30,000 yuan, according to the court.

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Evernote Releases First App To Use iPad2 Smart Cover

Evernote and the iPad both have slavishly devoted fans. Now Evernote has unveiled a clever application that uses the iPad2's Smart Cover to spit out little pieces of info every time the iPad is opened. It's the first-ever iPad app to use the Smart Cover to add functionality.

Called Evernote Peek, the app takes advantage of the Smart Cover's magnetic panels. Lift the first panel to get a quiz question or vocabulary word, then lift the second panel for the answer. Study for a Chinese vocab test, learn chord changes or review the names of all your cousins before the next family reunion.

VP of Marketing Andrew Sinkov says he and another Evernote employee were playing with the new Smart Cover on a plane and admired how the magnetic cover seemed more like an extension of the iPad than an accessory.

"As we sat there opening and closing the cover, a question struck us: could we use the cover to control an app that would make Evernote even more useful?"

Evernote Peek works with the StudyBlue flashcard application's published notebooks, or any notebook of your own. Download the free app from the iTunes Store and watch the YouTube tutorial to find out more.

"Use Peek to brush up on a language, prepare for a test or remember a recipe," Sinkov writes. "Want to keep track of people you met at a conference? Put their names into the note title and company into the note body in Evernote, then quiz yourself in Peek."

Commenters on Evernote's blog responded with even more ideas, including teaching reading skills or retraining people with traumatic brain injury.

Along with news of Evernote Peek, the software company announced that its user base just passed 10 million users, up from 5 million last November, with 425,000 people paying for its premium features.

And it's moving more into the world of application development, hosting the first Evernote Trunk Conference August 18 in San Francisco. At the conference, Evernote will announce the winners of its inaugural Evernote Developer Competition, which offers developers $100,000 in prizes for the best new products integrated with the Evernote platform.

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Faster iPhone with better camera coming in September: Report

SEATTLE – Apple's next iPhone will launch in September with a more powerful processor and a better camera, sources told Bloomberg Wednesday.

The phone will include the A5 processor that Apple added to the iPad2 and an 8-megapixel camera, which is an upgrade from the 5-megapixel camera in the iPhone 4. The phone will reportedly run on the iOS 5 operating system.

The sources also said Apple is testing a new iPad with a higher resolution screen.

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Jim Six: What would you do for an iPad2?

What would you give for a brand, spanking new iPad2?

I don’t know if this story is true, but it has been reported by legitimate news outlets and it’s quite amazing.

There have been reports that some college students in south China have sold sperm so they could buy an iPad2, but one teenager in the east, Anhui Province, went even further.

He sold a kidney to buy an iPad2.

The Apple iPad2 sells for 3,688 yuan to 5,288 yuan and the iPhone for 3,999 yuan to 5,999 yuan on China’s mainland depending on the model, according to Chinese media.

A 17-year-old named Zheng reportedly got 22,000 yuan — that’s $3,393 in American dollars — for his kidney.

He went to Chenzhou City in nearby Hunan Province for the surgery, arranged by a broker he contacted on the Internet.

Zheng’s parents didn’t know about all this, of course. Zheng’s right kidney was taken out in the Chenzhou No. 198 Hospital.

The teenager got his money and bought a laptop and an iPhone before going home. Shame — didn’t get that iPad2 after all, it seems.

His mother reportedly got suspicious because her son was not in the best of shape — and there was this ugly red scar he hadn’t had before.

She learned of the operation and contacted police, but they couldn’t find the illegal organ broker.

Wait, this gets weirder.

No. 198 Hospital isn’t qualified or equipped to do organ transplants. Officials from No. 198 said they knew nothing about the whole deal — they’d simply rented the operating room to a businessman from Fujian Province.

Not only is the hospital not geared up to do transplant surgery, the only surgical equipment it has is for doing circumcisions.

Apparently, they do things differently in China. In fact, China made selling and buying organs illegal only four years ago.

You have to wonder about this conversation.

“Zheng, where’d you get the computer and the phone?”

“Aw, mom, everybody’s got these. I wanted them, too.”

“Zheng, there’s something you’re not telling me. where’d you get the money? This stuff is expensive and you’re just a high school kid? And where’ve you been since last Friday, anyway?”

“All right, mom, you got me. I sold a kidney.”

“No, don’t make up lies. Where’d you get the money for this?”

“Mom, really! I sold a kidney. Look, see?” he says as he raises his shirt so she can see the scar.

“Young people can be overwhelmed by its use for game playing and can do something stupid if their parents don’t buy them an iPad," said a Chinese sociologist.

Nowhere in any of the reports I’ve read does it mention how long after the kidney harvesting surgery Zheng went home. I mean, is this a same-day out-patient deal? I have the feeling if you lose a kidney, you’d be a hurting pup for a couple days, no?

This reminds me of the urban legends about guys being picked up by hot women, being drugged and waking up in a bathtub full of ice with a note telling them their kidney had been harvested while they were unconscious. Yikes!

But poor Zheng. There were no hot women. Just a computer and an iPhone.

So, what would YOU do for an iPad2?

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Apple iPad2 tablets recalled

 

The Tame Apple Press moved into damage limitation mode this morning to reassure Apple fans that their keyboardless netbooks were not really broken after Jobs' Mob ordered the expensive toys recalled.

Jobs' Mob has formally announced that it is recalling an "extremely small number" of them due to a manufacturing defect that could cause problems with connecting to a 3G network.

Normally we would take that statement at face value, but given the fact that Apple has consistently used the phrase "small number" when it actually meant a huge number we are a little suspicious.

For example Apple said that antenna-gate problems were only affecting a small number of people. It turned out that it was the "small number of users" who were left handed or tried to make a telephone call with the iPhone.

Apple said that in this case it was users of the Verizon network. Apparently, duplicate MEID codes were flashed onto an extremely small number of iPad units.

Every tablet is hardcoded with an MEID, or mobile equipment identifier, which works sort of like a serial number for accessing a wireless network service. The code is sent out to the carrier, which verifies its authenticity before allowing the tablet online. No two devices should share the same MEID.

Apple said that it noticed the problem, but not quick enough to stop "a few" affected units from getting onto the shelves.

Basically if you recently purchased a 3G iPad 2 from Verizon and find yourself unable to connect or getting kicked offline quickly, you might be one of the few.

We will probably never know how many a few is this time. Apple is replacing all those duff iPads and never tells anyone how many of its toys are replaced.?

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Apple customers left fuming as iPad2s are recalled due to a 'software glitch'

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 7:56 PM on 13th June 2011

New and improved? Some of Apple's iPad 2s using the Verizon network have been hit by technical glitches

Apple has recalled a number of iPad2 tablets that are designed to run on Verizon's network due to connectivity issues, the company confirmed today.

Each device is hardcoded with a unique MEID code - which stands for mobile equipment identifier.

This works like a serial number for accessing the wireless network service.

The code is sent out to the carrier, which then allows the tablet on to the network.

However, Apple said some iPad2 devices destined for the Verizon carrier were given the same MEID code, which meant one of them would not be able to go online.

'Duplicate MEID codes were flashed onto an extremely small number of iPad units for the Verizon 3G network,' an Apple spokeswoman said.

She refused to say how many were affected by the issue but said that the devices would be replaced.

Verizon have declined to comment.

MEID, which stands for mobile equipment identifier, is a unique number that is used to identify a mobile device when it connects to the network. Two devices cannot have the same MEIDcode.

Rumours of a problem first arose last week, with reports that Apple was intercepting the tablet computers shipped from China by FedEx.

However, it appears the message was not passed on to Apple's customer services team, leaving customers fuming.

A user called HLS77 told the official Apple Forum: 'ipad2 makes it all they way from CHINA to within 40 miles of our house and they are returning it to the sender!!

'I called Fedex and they said it was an Apple request. Apple says it's a fedex problem - and I quote "why would we ask to return your ipad that you have been waiting for?"'

Apple employees have been scanning the serial codes on newly delivered devices? to see if they carry the problematic codes.

One employee in a U.S store told 9to5mac.com said he sent back over one hundred devices.

It is not the first time that the iPad2 has been hit by a technical glitch.

Apple revealed in April that some Verizon iPad 2 users were having to restart their iPad each time they disconnected from their 3G network.

They said this was because the AT&T iPad and Verizon iPad used different chipsets. The issue was later fixed through a software update.

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Teenager sells kidney for iPad2

ANHUI, CHINA: Selling kidneys for money is common, but how about selling kidney for an iPad...sounds weird, right?

The 17-year-old boy Zheng, at Huaishan, Anhui Province in China, has sold one of his kidneys to buy an iPad2, a thinner and faster version that features two cameras for video chat.

As per media reports, Zheng a young teenager got connected with a kidney-selling agent through the internet, who pledged to pay him 20,000 yuan ($3,084.45 ) for one of his kidneys.?

"I wanted to buy an iPad 2 but could not afford it, a broker contacted me on the Internet and said he could help me sell one kidney for 20,000 yuan, '' quoted Global Times, Zheng as saying.

The report added that he went to Chenzhou, Hunan Province to have his kidney removed under the supervision of three so-called middlemen, and received 22,000 yuan and? returned home with a laptop and an iPhone.

The hospital has denied any connection with the kidney removal operation, and has said that its urology department is contracted to a businessman in Fujian.

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Memories made with iPad2

Emery Diercks records video of her daughter Alex assembling a poem Friday afternoon at the Smoky Hill River Festival. Diercks got her new iPad2 about a month ago. (photo by Mike Strand / Salina Journal) | Buy Journal Photos

6/11/2011
By MICHAEL STRAND Salina Journal

There are easily thousands of cameras and camera phones prowling the Smoky Hill River Festival this weekend -- but Emery Diercks was carrying something that made those look so February.

She got her iPad2 about a month ago and was hauling it around the festival Friday, taking photos and video of anything and everything she came across.

"I have no idea!" she said, when asked what she planned to do with what might turn out to be hours of video -- everything from various offerings at the Four Rivers Craft Show to daughter Alex, 10, building a poem out of magnetized words to the Love Canon String Band playing a bluegrass-tinted cover of "She Blinded Me With Science."

"I'll figure out what to do with it all later," she said. "Some of it will probably end up on Facebook."

Diercks also said she has friends who couldn't attend the festival this year, and she wants to show them what they're missing.

"I love going through the crafts, the handmade stuff," she said. "I try to buy something small every year. I love how authentic this stuff is."

Diercks left her iPad2 on as she wandered the festival, its screen showing whatever she was looking at.

"It's got a great battery," she said. "I have it on all day, from 8:30 in the morning until 11, and it's still got like 15 percent."

It also will replace a heavy bag of books when she goes to college this fall.

"I'll have all my books on here, my alarm clock, a bill-minder, several days of music -- all without making a dent in its memory," she said.

As Alex placed her poem on the wall, Diercks zoomed in with the iPad's video camera.

"I just learned how to zoom last night," she said. "My husband showed me how to do it; he's the type who reads the manual."

n Reporter Mike Strand can be reached at 822-1418 or by email at mstrand@salina.com.

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Chinese Boy Sells Kidney For iPad2

A 17-year old Chinese boy identified as Xiao Zheng, wanted an iPad 2 so badly he was willing give up a kidney for it. Click here for full article >

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The Attractiveness of Good Work

By Nancy Colasurdo

Published June 22, 2011

| FOXBusiness

One recent day I was writing at an outside table at Starbucks and a gentleman across from me struck up a conversation about my iPad2 and the wireless keyboard I use with it. He wound up joining me and asking questions about how to open and create Word documents. I, in turn, explained and then demonstrated the Pages application.

Nowhere near a tech expert, my knowledge is limited to a handful of apps I use frequently. I confess I’m not one to venture too far in the tech world. Still, this man was so delighted he downloaded Pages right then and there and we had a little tutorial. Upon sharing this story with a tech-oriented friend, I got this response:

“Sounds like your iPad2 is a man magnet.”

I laughed heartily, partly because it’s true. My friend was referring to a pattern he’d noticed. The week before I had been sitting at the bar at the W Hotel waiting for my dining companions and wound up showing a Japanese businessman the joys of the wireless keyboard. The day before that I had had a man stop while walking his dog – again I was at an outdoor cafe – to inquire about the Smart Cover that cleverly props the iPad several different ways because of its magnetic design.

While this may all sound like a commercial for iPad2 or an article on tips to get a man’s attention, it is meant to be neither. It’s about base-level common sense in marketing. So often young entrepreneurs want to know the best marketing tip I have and I always reply “Do good work.” Most times they think that’s flip or simplistic, but this story demonstrates my point perfectly.

Good work sells itself. It just does. Repeatedly.

I recently visited one specific Sephora store in New York City (there are nearly 20 in Manhattan alone) in hopes of one specific beauty consultant being there because her service was so spot on the first time she helped me find two lipsticks; that was months ago. She was there again, she assisted me, I purchased the products she recommended for my eyes, and this time I took a few minutes to fill out a customer service survey about her when I got home.

Good work sells itself.

When more than half my life coaching clients started coming from referrals, when several times I got jobs in sports media because the same editor brought me with him as he moved, I started to pay attention to the fact that it was because I’d done good work. My focus, diligence, passionate honing of my gifts and reliability kept paying off.

And sometimes that extends beyond actual professional contexts. Recently a young woman I met last summer wrote me an e-mail telling me her move to Paris – a long-held dream – had been helped along by my conversations with her. This was friendly discussion on a park bench, not coach-client dialogue.

There is magic in our ability to connect. On whatever fleeting or deep level is required of each situation. It is about effort in listening and consistency in product or service. Big companies like Apple (AAPL), Starbucks (SBUX) and Sephora get this. It is new entrepreneurs – and more and more people are opting to work for themselves these days – who need to be reminded that in their eagerness to apply Marketing 101 principles they are not prioritizing connection born of authenticity and excellence.

The slick Web site or flyer might distinguish them and their service at first and even get them business, but will the customer/client come back and/or recommend them? I got a client last year who was referred by someone I’d coached in 2004. Such a great feeling. Last weekend I ran into a former client after not seeing her for a few years and she greeted me with a show of the diamond on her left hand when I asked her what was new. She had had the goal of a serious relationship and a job change when we’d worked together and she told me she has since accomplished both. It made my day.

On the flip side, the one where negative energy costs you business, there’s a swanky little salon near my home that shapes eyebrows, but I won’t patronize it because the first time I walked in the young women there had no customers, were engrossed in a personal conversation and seemed more interested in continuing to talk rather than answer my questions. There’s also a small cafe nearby that seems to hire workers with a flare for drama and they air their personal life grievances loudly. The manager is almost always present while this is happening. Why would I want to subject myself to that while relaxing with a cup of coffee?

Lack of professionalism repels business.

As for the guy to whom I introduced the Pages app, he had also wondered about an app for Excel. That’s not my territory but I asked around and sent him some links a few days later. That iPad -- and its features – is selling itself over and over again. I am one person, so I can only imagine how many times we’d need to multiply this to get an idea of how often its sleek design and innovative features sell it globally.

The fact that I get to meet a lot of interesting people because of it is a nice bonus.

Nancy Colasurdo is a practicing life coach and freelance writer. Her Web site is www.nancola.com and you can follow her on Twitter @nancola. Please direct all questions/comments to FOXGamePlan@gmail.com.

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Imagination hopes techies will want its chips with everything

Imagination Technologies, which designs the chips that power Apple's iPad2 computer, believes that the number of devices containing its kit will surge to one billion a year before 2016.

The rise of smartphones, as well as the tablet market, boosted Imagination's performance in the year to 30 April, with revenues up 21 per cent to ￡98m and pre-tax profits of ￡24m. Its chips were in 245 million devices shipped, twice the number the year before, and it has unveiled even more ambitious targets.

The finance director, Trevor Selby, said: "We don't see any slowing down in the market. Four years ago we set a target of 200 million devices and we have comfortably surpassed that. We now predict our technology will be in one billion devices shipped in five years."

Alex Jarvis, an analyst at Peel Hunt, said hitting one billion devices would boost Imagination's profits to about ￡100m but the company needed to "demonstrate clearly" how it could achieve that figure.

Imagination draws up the blueprints of the technology, then licenses it to chip-makers. Mr Selby said that of the 1.9 billion mobile phones expected to be shipped in 2014, 1.3 billion would require "our sort of technology". Its products can also be found in computers, TV set-top boxes, radios and satnav systems. Its licensing revenues were higher than analysts expected at ￡28.9m, 13 per cent more than a year earlier. It also signed new contracts with companies such as Fujitsu, Apple and ST-Ericsson.

But its shares fell 4 per cent to 414.5p yesterday as the results were held back by its unit making "Pure" digital radios. Losses there widened from ￡900,000 to ￡3.8m owing to poor performance in the UK market.

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Brown Wins IPad2

Deavontrio Brown receives his Ipad2 from Advanced Placement coordinator Romona Sawyer. The Advanced Placement program at Crossett High School recently awarded an Ipad2 to senior Deavontrio Brown as part of an incentive program to encourage students to attend AP Saturday study sessions.

To be eligible for the drawing, students attended at least two of the three Saturday study sessions held for each AP course they were enrolled.? Students attending all study sessions for an AP course were entered into the drawing twice. The AP program plans to continue the incentive program again next year to encourage participation in Saturday Study Sessions.? For more information about the Advanced Placement program at CHS, contact Romona Sawyer, AP coordinator, Scott Sasser, counselor; or Henry Anderson, principal.???

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Three jailed over iPad 2 design theft, counterfeits

 

A court in south China has jailed three people for stealing the design to Apple's iPad2 tablet computer and using it to manufacture counterfeits, state press said.

The theft from a plant run by Foxconn, a contract electronics manufacturer, in Guangdong province late last year resulted in fake iPad2s being sold in China before Apple's official launch of the product, the Guangzhou Daily said.

Rampant piracy of everything from consumer electronics to luxury handbags and apparel have caused friction between China and its trade partners, leading to billions of dollars in losses annually to intellectual property theft.

A court in Shenzhen city last week sentenced Xiao Chengsong, the legal agent of Maita Electronics, to 18 months in prison and fined him 150,000 yuan (NZ$28,697) for buying the design from two Foxconn workers, the report said.

Xiao allegedly paid 200,000 yuan for the iPad2 design, it said.

Foxconn employee Lin Kecheng, was sentenced to 14 months and fined 100,000 yuan, while another worker identified as Hou Pengna was given a two-year sentence suspended for one year and fined 30,000 yuan, it said.

All three were convicted of the crime of violating commercial secrets, it said.

The iPad2 was officially launched in China, the world's biggest internet market, in May.

In 2010, Apple's iPad, the first generation of the tablet computer, was also pirated before its official launch in China and sold as the "iPed" for only a fraction of the cost of the real product.

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Three in China convicted for iPad design theft

BEIJING - A court in south China has jailed three people for stealing the design to Apple's iPad2 tablet computer and using it to manufacture counterfeits, state press said Wednesday.

The theft from a plant run by Foxconn, a contract electronics manufacturer, in Guangdong province late last year resulted in fake iPad2s being sold in China before Apple's official launch of the product, the Guangzhou Daily said.

Rampant piracy of everything from consumer electronics to luxury handbags and apparel have caused friction between China and its trade partners, leading to billions of dollars in losses annually to intellectual property theft.

A court in Shenzhen City last week sentenced Xiao Chengsong, the legal agent of Maita Electronics, to 18 months in prison and fined him 150,000 yuan ($23,000) for buying the design from two Foxconn workers, the report said.

Xiao allegedly paid 200,000 yuan for the iPad2 design, it said.

Foxconn employee Lin Kecheng, was sentenced to 14 months and fined 100,000 yuan, while another worker identified as Hou Pengna was given a 2-year sentence suspended for one year and fined 30,000 yuan, it said.

All three were convicted of the crime of violating commercial secrets, it said.

The iPad2 was officially launched in China, the world's biggest Internet market in May.

In 2010, Apple's iPad, the first generation of the tablet computer, was also pirated before its official launch in China and sold as the "iPed" for only a fraction of the cost of the real product.

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Sunstone Circuits’ Summer Celebration Apple iPad2 Giveaway Sweepstakes

Press Release Source: Sunstone Circuits On Monday June 13, 2011, 6:03 am EDT

MULINO, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sunstone CircuitsR, the leading printed circuit board (PCB) prototype solutions provider, has launched a Summer Celebration campaign this month. Sunstone’s “extreme” customer service is their solution to high touch customer care. During the month of June, Sunstone celebrates its customers and the commitment to high touch care by giving away three Apple iPad2s – the leader in high touch computer platforms. Three prizes means the chance to win is three times as great.

Every circuit board order placed in June and shipped in June, earns one entry into this summer celebration to win an Apple iPad2 Wi-Fi with 64GB.

How does a person increase their chances of winning?

Add electrical test to any order and their name will be entered twice Add 1-day or 2-day expedite to any order and their name will be entered three times

Sunstone makes it easy to enter this drawing. Their order is their entry, no need to complete an additional order form. The more orders placed and shipped in June, the more chances to win an iPad2.

If engineers don’t need to buy a circuit board this month, they are still eligible to enter Sunstone’s sweepstakes. Simply download the order form and fax or mail the entry to Sunstone Circuits by June 29, 2011. People may enter as often as they like.

For all the details, official rules, and order form, visit http://www.sunstone.com/Customer-solutions/summer-celebration.aspx.

About Sunstone CircuitsR

Sunstone CircuitsR pioneered the online ordering of printed circuit boards (PCBs), and is the leading PCB solutions provider with more than 35 years of experience in delivering quality engineering software along with quick and on-time PCBs for the electronic design industry. Sunstone Circuits is dedicated to improving the PCB prototyping process from quote to delivery (Q2DR) and provides “live” customer support every day of the year (24/7/365). For more information about Sunstone’s PCB solutions plus online quote and ordering process, please visit www.Sunstone.com.

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New iPad2 TVC Out! Watch Now!

Ever wondered why there are people who to go such great lengths - fall in line day and night, sell a kidney, etc. - just to get their hands on an iPad2?

Well, maybe it's because now that iPad2 is here, finally "[...] we can watch a newspaper; listen to a magazine; curl up with a movie; and see a phone call. Now, we can take a classroom anywhere; hold an entire bookstore; and touch the stars.[...]"

Or at least that's how this new TVC puts it --

Great use of synesthesia, don't you think? Clearly, a more emotional approach in advertising products.

Here's another one released just last month --

"If you asked a parent, they might call it intuitive.
If you asked a musician, they might call it inspiring.
To a doctor, it’s groundbreaking.
To a CEO, it’s powerful.
To a teacher, it’s the future.
If you asked a child, she might call it magic.
And if you asked us, we’d say it’s just getting started."

iPad2 owners, don't these videos just make you feel so proud for owning your tablet?

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Verizon iPad2 Silent Recalls Coming

 By Ridge Shan
Epoch Times Staff Created: Jun 10, 2011 Last Updated: Jun 10, 2011  A Customer tries out the latest Ipad 2 at the Apple store on Fifth Avenue in New York, March 11. (Emmanuel Dunand/Getty Images ) A prominent Mac blog site indicates a recall of Verizon’s 32 and 64 gigabyte iPad 2’s is on the way. In statements given to 9 to 5 Mac, a website that tracks news on Apple products, consumers who have pre-ordered iPads being shipped to homes have been suddenly turned around and returned to sender.

According to 9 to 5 Mac, the recalls may be related to 3G connectivity issues.

One user said the “Verizon iPad 2’s aren’t being sent back due to engraving. If someone activates a cellular connection on the device, then wants to view or edit account information, they can’t. They receive a message that it is activated, and that’s it. I saw someone open at least 6 looking for one that didn’t do it. It’s device specific, not software.”

Another employee has stated that stores are being given instructions to scan each iPad 2 they receive for certain unit serial numbers which are to be shipped back to Apple.

Representatives of Apple were not immediately available for comment.

Apple has had a history with quiet recalls. In July of last year Apple issued a silent recall for its iPhone 4 in order to fix an antenna issue that was dropping calls and losing reception when gripped. Apple also ordered a silent recall on the lithium-ion batteries used to power its Mac Books back in 2006. ?

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Quote and Proposal Software operates on iPad and iPad2.

BOTHELL, Wash., -- Quosal, the all-in-one software platform forquote and proposal preparation, delivery and management, today announced the launch of Order Porter Mobile. Quosal Partners can now download the application to their iPad and iPad2 from the Apple AppStore for a free full-function evaluation.

Order Porter Mobile features two primary modes: Business Intelligence (Reporting) and Quote Creation, which allow users to create quotes and proposals on their iPad. Once logged in, users can immediately view their quote delivery statistics including Leaderboard, Visits, Approvals, and rep-by-rep drill-down. Order Porter Mobile is easily configurable for use with existing Quosal product CD-key and user credentials.

"Order Porter Mobile is just the beginning of our innovations related to the Order Porter platform," said Kent McNall, Quosal CEO. "It's an exciting time for Quosal and our partners. This powerful mobile quoting tool will enable service providers to create quotes and close more sales in the field, aiding cash flow and profitability. We take great pride in delivering quoting information securely and reliably to the IT Nation and the many other markets we serve."

Quosal looks forward to expanding the information available through the iPad application, planning to include product and product sourcing metrics, and comparisons to aggregated information. The Apple iPad is the first mobile platform Quosal will be supporting; future releases this year will include support for Android and Win7 mobile platforms.

"Customers already using Quosal will find that they can create the same high-quality documents for their customers from the iPad native application," continues McNall. "They'll even be able to use their Etilize subscription as well as their integrations to systems like ConnectWise - all within a few minutes of downloading the app, with minimal configuration. Our engineering team led by Senior Developer Sam Demulling has done an incredible job for our customers." Customers new to Quosal will find a sample database ready for evaluation, and can also use Order Porter Mobile with a regular Quosal demonstration account.

The Order Porter iPad application supports several Quosal partner integrations, including ConnectWise, salesforce.com, Microsoft CRM, and Autotask. To find out more about Quosal Order Porter Mobile, visit the Order Porter Mobile introduction page and watch the video tutorial: www.quosal.com/ipad.

About Quosal LLC:

Quosal (www.quosal.com) is the first all-in-one software platform that automates sales quote and proposal preparation, delivery and management. With Quosal, sales professionals can create timely, accurate, high-quality and attractive quotes and proposals electronically, with built-in up-to-the-minute pricing and availability, promotions, product specs, images and more. Using Quosal' s Order Porter, sales professionals can create personal web pages for customers, who can electronically select desired options, confirm orders, and digitally sign contracts. For sales managers, Quosal delivers transparency and deep visibility into the quote and proposal cycle, eliminating backlog and significantly reducing the sales cycle. For more information, please visit www.quosal.com.

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zAutos.com Announces User Car Review Competition - Win an iPad2 or $400

Consumers can win an iPad2 or a $400 American Express gift card by submitting a personal car review on zAutos.com.

Irvine, CA (PRWEB) May 27, 2011

Consumer car research website, zAutos.com, is having a consumer car review competition. Auto enthusiasts, would-be writers, amateur photographers and just-plain consumers over the age of 18 can express themselves and have a chance at winning a new iPad2 or a $400 gift card from American Express.

The rules are simple: Provide an original car review and four good quality digital pictures of the vehicle reviewed. It can be any vehicle, one that the reviewer owns or that of a friend. The reviewer simply writes a short review, take lots of pictures with a digital camera, selects the best four photos and submit the photos with the written review online at zAutos.com.

While writing the review, the reviewer should be analytical and accurate in observations about the appearance, performance, and handling of the vehicle. High quality technical data is not required, but it could help increase the chances of winning a prize. Reviewers are free to quote automobile publications if they fill it will enhance the review. Reviewers are also encouraged to tell readers something they might not know about the vehicle.

zAutos recommends that reviewers should personalize the review. Reviews should have stated opinions about the vehicle. Reviewers should note likes and dislikes of each facet of the car, light truck, crossover, minivan or SUV.

To submit an entry, go to zAutos.com, click on the “car review” tab and then locate the “submit your car review” link on the left side of the page. A submission form will appear: fill out the form and upload the vehicle photos. Contestants should provide contact information so that zAutos may notify them if they should win.

The zAutos.com Car Review Competition began on May 10, 2011. All entries must be submitted by July 10, 2011 and the contest winners will be announced on August 10, 2011.

About zAutos.com
zAutos.com is committed to providing automotive consumers and enthusiasts premium online tools. Automotive consumers can choose from several online applications that will assist them in making intelligent buying decisions: vehicle eBrochures, car reviews, car videos, invoice pricing and build a car. Automotive enthusiasts can enjoy current auto news and a forum to express their interest and enthusiasm for the cars they love.

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iPad2 queue turns ugly

The tout menace is a big problem in many Chinese cities, with the speculation by scalpers causing an increase in the prices of products in China.

THE iPad2 frenzy has gripped Beijing, so much so that a freak incident involving four visitors to an Apple Store at the trendy Sanlitun Village shopping complex in the Chinese capital puts its retail boom in a different light.

Last Saturday, two men and two women suffered injuries in a scuffle with a foreign worker of the Apple Store.

Mad, mad rush: Two injured teenagers being attended to in the aftermath of a scuffle at Apple?s Sanlitun retail store in Beijing on Saturday. ? AP

The foreigner came out of the store and bashed a man with a stick for allegedly jumping queue as scores of shoppers lined up to buy the newly-released gadget.

According to news reports, the man was thrown against the corner of an outside wall. The man?s mother and aunt as well as another man who confronted the foreigner also suffered some minor injuries during the fracas.

Eye-witnesses said the glass door of the store was smashed as several members of the crowd surged forward to stop security guards from closing the store.

?He (the foreign worker) is about 1.9m tall,? Beijing Times quoted the man as saying. ?He was saying something, but I do not understand English and ignored him. He grabbed me by the collar and hit me.?

Chaoyang district police said the foreigner was maintaining order as some visitors had jumped queue and there were also several touts in the crowd.

Following the incident, the foreigner and injured parties resolved the case for a compensation of 20,000 yuan (RM9,200), the police said. However, police could not confirm the identity of the man involved in the fracas with the foreign worker.

Whether the man was a scalper or a shopper, there is no denying that the tout menace is a big problem in many Chinese cities.

At the theatre, touts would harass those outside the venue. At any sports event or exhibition, too, they would offer to buy a ticket or even accreditation.

A week after the incident, scalpers were still outside Apple Stores in Sanlitun Village and Xidan offering iPad merchandise to visitors to the stores.

?Add 200 yuan (RM92) more to buy iPad2; each 16G iPad2 costs 3,880 yuan (RM1,784),? one scalper said. ?Two days later when there is a shortage, it will be more expensive.?

Graphic designer Lin Zihan, who plans to buy an iPad2 online, said there was too much speculative buying and selling in China.

The scalpers would usually sweep all the legally imported goods and sell them at a higher price.

However, Lin said that consumers could buy online for less iPad2 that had been smuggled into China from Hong Kong, the United States and other countries.

He added that speculation by scalpers had caused an increase in the prices of the product in China.

?The same thing happened when sales of iPhone4 started in China,? he noted. ?I would rather wait a bit longer to buy an iPad2 than give the touts the chance to make money.

?I really hate the touts. If you do not crack down on them, they will not only speculate on trivial consumer goods but they might also move on to bigger things, and that could be harmful to the nation.?

The Apple Stores have posted signboards warning scalpers that action would be taken against them if they were found selling products at higher prices. The Apple management advised consumers to buy the goods at authorised outlets, and not from scalpers.

Prior to its launch last Friday, Apple Stores in Beijing had limited sales to two iPad2 per customer. But the ruling was subsequently recinded as sales assistants at the stores said consumers could buy as many as they wanted. Industry experts said that the move would result in more goods ending up in the hands of scalpers.

There have been supply shortages of iPad1 and iPhone before when the scalpers took advantage of the situation. Consumers had nowhere to go but the scalpers.

Unless Apple can ensure adequate supply of iPad2, the scalpers will always have a market.

The first Apple Store opened in Sanlitun Village in 2008, and the American company had since added three more stores in Xidan and Shanghai?s Huaihai Road and Pudong.

According to statistics provided by Apple, sales of its products in China raked in about US$5bil (RM14.7bil) in the past six months, of which an estimated US$450mil (RM2.25bil) was from the Sanlitun Village store.

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iPad2 factory explosion: Fire at building in China kills two workers

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 9:24 PM on 20th May 2011

The scandal-hit factory where Apple makes its iPads faced a fresh probe today after an explosion ripped through the building killing two people.

A blast rocked a compound at the building in southwest China earlier this evening, sending dozens of workers fleeing into the streets as flames engulfed the electronics inside.

The fire is the latest disaster to hit the cursed Foxconn factory - dubbed Suicide Express - where a string of workers have killed themselves amid appalling working conditions.

Disaster: Dark black smoke billows from the Foxconn building in the Sichuan capital Chengdu where the new iPad2 was being made

Flames engulfed the damaged building was in the Sichuan capital Chengdu and was where the new iPad was being made.

Employees who were inside the building at the time said the explosion, which happened early this evening, seemed accidental.

The workers said that several hundred people were working in the building at the time of the blast.

Calls to the spokesman for the Chengdu fire brigade, who is on the scene, went unanswered.

Emergency: A fire truck arrives at the scene of the explosion as stunned workers who were evacuated form the building lined the streets

Damage: Two people were killed in the explosion and 16 were injured. It is not yet know how many of the tablet computers have been destroyed in the fire

This is the latest incident to hit the embattled Foxconn, after at least 13 of its employees died in apparent suicides last year, which activists blamed on tough working conditions.

Foxconn is the world's largest maker of computer components and produces items for Apple, Sony and Nokia. It employs about one million workers in China.

Technology: Apple boss Steve Jobs shows off a iPad on stage. The devices were made at the factory

Foxconn employs 400,000 young people at the huge factory sprawl where Apple's worldbeating electronics are made.

When the iPad went on sale in America last month, sales exceeded all expectations, reaching one million units in 28 days? -? twice as fast as the iPhone and forcing Apple to delay the UK launch.

In the first three months of 2010, Apple sold nearly three million computers, 11 million iPods and nine million iPhones. It made ?2billion ($2.89 billion) profit in the first quarter this year and is expected to take ?41billion ($60billion) in sales.

Apple's Taiwanese subcontractor Foxconn has been operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to try to keep up with orders.

But the factory ran into controversy after a number of workers killed themselves after back-breaking shifts for the company.

Some blame the harsh working conditions imposed by Foxconn for the deaths? -? conditions first exposed four years ago by a Mail on Sunday article which prompted an investigation by Apple.

The company found there were 'a number of areas for improvement'.

Some blame a kind of mass hysteria spreading among the mostly young workers.

Others accuse modern China's spiritual void. And it has been pointed out that in communist China, suicide is considered a crime against the state, so it is the ultimate form of protest.

The deaths have become so regular that bloggers have nicknamed the factories in the city of Shenzhen the Foxconn Suicide Express, while managers have set up a suicide hotline and even hired monks to exorcise evil spirits.

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Medical Scrubs Mall Announces Contest to win an iPad2

Posted on: Monday, 30 May 2011, 00:00 CDT

Medical Scrubs Mall is holding a contest, in which medical professionals will compete to win a brand new iPad2. Voting will take place on the company’s website from June 27th to August 25th, and winners will be announced on August 26th. One contestant with the most votes will be the grand prize winner. For more information about the contest and for complete rules and regulations, please visit http://www.medicalscrubsmall.com/contest.

(PRWEB) May 29, 2011

Medical Scrubs Mall, a leading national provider of scrubs and medical uniforms, announced Friday that it will be holding its first contest. This contest gives medical professionals the chance to win a brand new iPad2. Contestants must submit a photo of themselves at work as well as a short explanation on how they believe an iPad will help them in the work environment.

Entries will be accepted from May 27th to June 24th. At the end of the entry period, Medical Scrubs Mall will put up a voting page for each contestant to get others to visit their personal voting page and vote for them to win an iPad. Not only will the winner of the contest receive a brand new iPad2 for free, but the contestant with the most votes at the end of each week during the voting period will receive a $25 gift certificate, redeemable at Medical Scrubs Mall.

From June 27th to August 25th, the votes will be tallied at the end of each week, and the contestant with the most votes at that time will win a $25 gift certificate to Medical Scrubs Mall. On August 25th at 11:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, the virtual voting booths will close and the final votes will be tallied. One (1) grand prize winner will be announced on August 26th.

For more information about the contest and for complete rules and regulations, please visit http://www.MedicalScrubsMall.com/Contest.

About Medical Scrubs Mall
Medical Scrubs Mall is a leading retailer of scrubs and medical uniforms. The company operates out of Plantation, Florida. With medical uniforms from established names like Landau, Cherokee Scrubs, Dickies and Grey’s Anatomy, Medical Scrubs Mall has something for every customer.

For more information and to view their garments, visit the Medical Scrubs Mall website at http://www.MedicalScrubsMall.com or call 800-283-8708.

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Chinese Boy Sells Kidney For iPad2

21399624 story  Posted by samzenpus on Friday June 03, @10:15AM
from the brand-loyalty dept. aquabat writes "According to Shanghai Daily, a boy from the Anhui Province desperately wanted to buy Apple's flagship tablet but didn't have enough cash. Rather than waiting to save up the money for the Apple product when it invariably gets marked down, the lad decided to sell one of his kidneys for 22,000 yuan (roughly $3,400) so he could afford one. But, surprisingly, the scenario in which the organ was harvested wasn't in the best of conditions, and the boy isn't feeling very well."

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No iPad2: Obamas Bring an Album for the Queen

It was something of a do-over for President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama as they exchanged gifts Tuesday with Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip.

During a U.K. visit two years ago, the president caused a bit of a stir by presenting the queen with a very modern gift: a preloaded iPod containing photographs and video of her 2007 U.S. visit.

This time, the Obamas opted to give the queen an old-fashioned gift: a collection of photographs and memorabilia from her parents? 1939 visit to the U.S.

According to the White House, the handmade, leather album was of ?historic and personal value,? chronicling the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth?the first U.S. visit by a reigning British monarch.

Prince Philip, a big fan of equestrian sports, received ?a custom-made set of Fell Pony bits and shanks? engraved with the presidential seal, along with?horseshoes worn by carriage horse Jamaica, the 2008 United States Equestrian Federation Horse of the Year.

For Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, the Obamas brought jars of honey from the White House beehive, along with plants, seedlings and seeds from gardens at Mount Vernon, Monticello and Mrs. Obama?s garden at the White House. The gifts were packaged in a box crafted from the wood of a magnolia tree brought down by the big snowstorm in 2009. Prince Charles is a strong proponent of organic, small-scale and sustainable agriculture.

For the royal newlyweds, Prince?William and his wife, Catherine, the White House said Mr. and Mrs. Obama donated six MacBook computers to the Northern Ireland chapter of PeacePlayers International, one of the charities the couple chose for gifts in honor of their marriage.

The staff at Buckingham Palace said the Obamas received facsimiles of letters from the Royal Archives ? correspondence between Queen Victoria and a few U.S. presidents, including John Quincy Adams and William McKinley, as well as Mary Todd Lincoln on the death of Abraham Lincoln. Mrs. Obama also received an antique broach of roses with gold stems and red coral flowers.

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Toshiba prices its new tablet to undercut Apple's iPad2

Toshiba has announced its foray into the fast-growing tablet market with its latest gadget called Thrive.

The Japanese electronics maker has priced its entry level model at $429 (￡262), which is cheaper than the base model of Apple's iPad2.

The company said its base model comes with wi-fi ability and is targeted at consumers who use tablets at home.

The tablet will go on sale in the US on 10 July.

'Non-Apple products'

The success of Apple's iPad has encouraged many computer and electronics companies to enter the segment.

Samsung has launched its Galaxy tab, while Sony has also announced its entry with two new models.

While none of them have been able to make a significant dent in Apple's market share, Toshiba said demand for other products was increasing gradually.

"There is a market out there of folks who want to buy non-Apple products," said Jeff Barney of Toshiba America.

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Toshiba prices tablet below iPad2

3 June 2011 Last updated at 02:45 GMT  The growing popularity of tablets has seen many new players enter the market Toshiba has announced its foray into the fast-growing tablet market with its latest gadget called Thrive.

The Japanese electronics maker has priced its entry level model at $429 (￡262), which is cheaper than the base model of Apple's iPad2.

The company said its base model comes with wi-fi ability and is targeted at consumers who use tablets at home.

The tablet will go on sale in the US on 10 July.

'Non-Apple products'

The success of Apple's iPad has encouraged many computer and electronics companies to enter the segment.

Samsung has launched its Galaxy tab, while Sony has also announced its entry with two new models.

While none of them have been able to make a significant dent in Apple's market share, Toshiba said demand for other products was increasing gradually.

"There is a market out there of folks who want to buy non-Apple products," said Jeff Barney of Toshiba America.

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SPECIAL: Should you be queuing up for the iPad2?

Last updated on: May 9, 2011?10:41 ISTPriyanka Joshi

There are plenty of reasons to own the Apple iPad2. However, if you already own an iPad, there may not be enough reasons to upgrade.

Who should buy the iPad2?

Those who want easy access to the internet on the move and are avid multi-media users, a tablet device makes for a good choice.

The iPad2 has a catalogue of 65,000 dedicated applications, promises a 10-hour battery life, an enhanced operating system and the facility to make video calls, but maintains the same price tag as the first generation iPad.

While we agree that the iPad2 is a step ahead of the iPad 1, if you already have an iPad, there's really little rationale in upgrading.

We feel that owners of the original device should hold onto it for another year or so until the next generation of tablets hit the market.

Those still lugging notebooks to vacations or office trips, should head to the demo units at Apple stores.

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Image: A staff member holds the Apple iPad2 at the Apple store in London.
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What to do with the iPad2?

Equipped with a dual core processor, which makes it a credible device for creating multimedia content, the iPad2 can be your standalone computing device.

We have maintained that the iPad is primarily superior to any other product out in the market because of the apps. It has more apps than the Android, BlackBerry, Symbian or Windows Phone 7.

According to Apple, dedicated tablet applications on its app store are now close to 65,000. Even if you choose to download just the free apps, you would have ample content to keep you engaged.

The iMovie editing suite and Garage Band apps show off what the iPad is capable of - creating tunes, editing videos or adding audio clips to your vacation images is just a touch away.

Even if you have never tried editing your videos or adding music to your slideshows, you will have no problems doing so on your iPad2, thanks to the apps.

There's still no USB, SD card-reader, Flash support and no removable battery and while it may be unfair to expect these features from Apple - it's clear that rivals like Samsung, Acer, Sony and Motorola are delivering on the features front.

The iPad2 comes with an HD connection kit (though it costs extra). Simply, plug on the iPad to your television and watch shows or surf on a larger screen. Imagine watching YouTube videos or your Powerpoint presentations on TV.

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How is iPad2 better than the iPad1?

The iPad2 is significantly faster than the iPad 1 especially while running CPU- and GPU-intensive functions. The credit goes to the new 1 GHz dual-core A5 processor that powers the iPad2

Although the screen size and resolution remains the same (9.7 inches and 1024 x 768, respectively), since iPad2's graphics chip pumps out visuals nine times faster, you can expect to see an impressive rendering of apps and games.

We noticed that the hardware improvement on the iPad2 allows better speeds while exploring virtual worlds or scrolling through simulated landscapes than the iPad 1.

The iPad2 is 15 per cent lighter (607g down from 730g of iPad 1) and 33 per cent thinner than its predecessor. Numbers aside, the new 8.8-mm thick iPad2 is a beauty to hold.

While you may argue the quality of the camera on the iPad2 - the front-facing camera is a VGA and the one on the rear does not hit the 1-megapixel mark - the images that you capture on your tablet PC are not bad.

They are not sharp but they are good to share. Clearly, Apple didn't design this device for taking high-quality still photos but it is ideal for video chatting with friends.

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What makes the iPad2 better?

It was Apple that revived the tablet PC industry with the launch of the iPad last year.

Having witnessed the overwhelming consumer reaction to iPad1, the competition spurred into action and launched its own tablet PCs hoping to cash in on the emerging opportunity.

Second, no one can claim an app store with 65,000 tablet-ready apps. Most of the Android-supported tablets give access to smartphone apps from the Android market place and that's simply not good enough.

According to the specifications available, Motorola Xoom and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 seem to be technically superior devices and the Android 3.0 Honeycomb (tablet-ready version of the OS) that comes pre-loaded has also been received positively.

What remains to be seen is how soon these devices will be available in India and at what price range.

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How much will you have to pay?

Entry-level model of the iPad2 costs Rs 29,500 (16GB' only Wi-Fi) while the 32GB Wi-Fi-only model is priced at Rs 34,500 and the 64GB Wi-Fi model comes for Rs 39,500.

The iPad2 with Wi-Fi and 3G is between Rs 36,900 and Rs 46,900 for the 64GB model.

Don't forget to add that chic Smart Cover - available in a range of colours in vibrant polyurethane or rich leather for Rs 2,100 and Rs 3,800 respectively - to complete your iPad2 buy.

If you are planning to buy your first iPad, then choosing between a Wi-Fi and 3G model might seem like a daunting task. The answer is simple: If you have an iPhone then it makes sense to purchase a Wi-Fi-enabled iPad2 and tether the iPad to your iPhone using the new HotSpot feature in iOS 4.3.

But why pay an extra premium for the 3G unit that could a punch a hole in your pocket while paying the monthly data charges, when you can simply tether your tablet PC to your iPhone?

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Chinese teen 'sells kidney' for iPad2

irishtimes.com - Last Updated: Friday, June 3, 2011, 13:32 An advertisement for Apple's iPad2 in front of an electronic shop in Tokyo. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

A 17-year-old boy in China sold his kidney to buy a computer and a phone, local media reported.

Shanghai Daily? said the teen, named only as Zheng, from the eastern Anhui Province got 22,000 yuan (€2,350) for selling one of his vital organs.

But it was a decision he soon came to regret as his health is deteriorating, Shenzhen Satellite TV said.

"I wanted to buy an iPad 2 but could not afford it," said Zheng. "A broker contacted me on the internet and said he could help me sell one kidney for 20,000 yuan."

On April 28th, Zheng went to Chenzhou City in neighboring Hunan Province to have the kidney removed in a surgery arranged by the broker.

His parents knew nothing about it, Zheng confirmed. He was paid 22,000 yuan after his right kidney was taken out at the Chenzhou No 198 Hospital.

When he returned home with an iPad 2 and an iPhone, his mother contacted the police. But they could not locate the broker and his phone was always off, the TV report said.

Hospital officials claimed they had no knowledge about Zheng's surgery because the department that was involved had been contracted out to a Fujian Province businessman.

The case is still under investigation, the report said.

Previously, it had been reported that many university students in Guangdong had decided to donate sperm in order to raise money to buy iPads and iPhones.

Local hospitals offer 300 yuan for each sperm donation and qualified donors attend hospital 10 times for each complete procedure.

Apple's iPad 2 sells for 3,688 yuan to 5,288 yuan and the iPhone for 3,999 yuan to 5,999 yuan in China.

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Blast forces China iPad2 plant suspension

Published: May 24, 2011 at 9:51 AM

BEIJING, May 24 (UPI) -- Foxconn announced it had suspended production at a southwest China plant where Apple's iPad2 is made, following an explosion that killed three workers.

The weekend explosion at the plant in Chengdu city in Sichuan province injured more than a dozen others.

A company spokesman said the situation was under control and that the cause of the explosion was being investigated, the BBC reported.

"All operations at the affected workshop remain suspended and production at all other workshops that carry out similar processing functions have also been halted pending the results of the investigation," the BBC reported, quoting a statement e-mailed by the company.

PCMag.com quoted Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior, an advocacy group, as saying in a blog post the explosion was the result of alleged management negligence in maintaining work safety at the factory.

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Best of the Web: Faucet Drinks Water, First Fish Catch, Kidney iPad2 swap

Adrian Chen of Gawker reports:

Making small talk with your pot dealer sucks. Buying cocaine can get you shot. What if you could buy and sell drugs online like books or light bulbs? Now you can: Welcome to Silk Road. About three weeks ago, the U.S. Postal Service delivered an ordinary envelope to Mark’s door. Inside was a tiny plastic bag containing 10 tabs of LSD. “If you had opened it, unless you were looking for it, you wouldn’t have even noticed,” Mark told us in a phone interview.

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Chinese teenager sells his kidney so he can buy an iPad2

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 3:35 PM on 2nd June 2011

 Gadget crazy: Xiao Zheng, 17, sold his kidney for an iPad2

A teenager in China has caused an outcry after selling his kidney to buy an iPad2.

Xiao Zheng, 17, could not afford one of the new tablet-style computers that are seen as symbols of wealth in China.

But he answered an advert offering cash to healthy people willing to have one of their kidneys removed in a gruelling operation.

His action horrified his mother and has caused outrage in China.

The teenager told Shenzhen TV in the southern province of Guangdong: 'I wanted to buy an iPad2, but I didn't have the money.

'When I surfed the internet I found an advert posted online by an agent saying they were able to buy a kidney.'

Xiao travelled to the city of Chenzhou in Hunan Province where the kidney was removed at a local hospital.

Private surgeons had hired out a room at the facility to perform the risky procedure on April 28.

He was discharged after three days and given 20,000 yuan, or ?1,884, for the organ.

He bought an iPad2 and an iPhone but when he returned home his suspicious mother wanted to know where the goods had come from.

Xiao confessed to having the operation and showed her his enormous scar. He has since suffered medical complications.

'When he came back, he had a laptop and a new Apple handset,' his mother said.

'I wanted to know how he had got so much money and he finally confessed that he had sold one of his kidneys.'

Desperate: A Chinese teenager sold one of his kidneys so he could buy an iPad2, which are particularly sought after in China

Police were called but they could not trace any of the three men who had organised the operation.

The case has caused uproar in China with people complaining that materialism has destroyed morals in the young.

One commentator wrote, according to the Telegraph: 'This teenager's stupid behavior is a manifestation of his radically materialistic values.'

The iPad2 has been wildly popular in China with thousands of people cramming into shops to try to buy one.

Scuffles flared last month outside several Apple Stores in Beijing as people queued for the newly launched gadget.

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Third death confirmed in Foxconn plant linked to iPad2

23-May-11, 2:03 PM | Reuters

NEW YORK - Foxconn Technology Co Ltd on Sunday confirmed that a third person has died following a large explosion at a plant in southwestern China on Friday that local media have linked to production of Apple's iPad 2.

The Taiwanese company, Apple Inc's main contract manufacturer for gadgets from the popular tablet to the iPhone, operates the plant in Chengdu, the capital of China's Sichuan province.

A task force led by government officials and law enforcement said preliminary findings point to an explosion of combustible dust in a duct at a polishing workshop at the plant, Foxconn said.

The company also said that all operations at that workshop remain suspended and production at all workshops doing similar work is also suspended.

All other production operations at its facilities in China are running as usual, it added.

An Apple spokesman was not immediately available for comment.

In addition to the three deaths, 15 employees were hurt. Of those six, have been treated and released from hospital, Foxconn said.

Foxconn, the world's largest contract manufacturer, is an affiliate of Taiwan's Hon Hai.

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